Elizabeth Cohen — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as the Senior Medical Correspondent for CNN's Health, Medical and Wellness unit.
Authored the book "The Empowered Patient," published in 2010.
Holds a Master's degree in public health from Boston University (1992).
Holds a Bachelor's degree in history from Columbia College (1987).
Recipient of a Sigma Delta Chi Award and a National Headliner Award.
Contributed to CNN's Emmy Award-winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the September 11 attacks.

Biography

Elizabeth Cohen is an American television news journalist currently serving as the Senior Medical Correspondent for CNN. In this role, she focuses on health-related issues and reports from a medical perspective on significant news events, including the Gulf oil spill, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and Hurricane Katrina.

Cohen began her career at WLVI in Boston as an associate producer for the environmental program Green Watch. She also worked as a reporter for States News Service in Washington, D.